In a powerful demonstration of the consequences of ignoring FWC recommendations, a court has ordered an employer to pay more than $50,000 in penalties and compensation after it failed to act on a commissioner's call to provide a teacher with details of an investigation before sacking her for allegedly tugging the earlobes of two students.
The FWC has killed off a zombie deal at the request of a leading men's fashion brand that transferred its retail workforce to the higher-paying award in 2019 in the mistaken belief the agreement stopped applying on its nominal expiry.
A court has extended time for two Coopers Brewery workers to challenge their dismissal for failing to comply with the company's COVID-19 vaccination policy, despite their "confused" explanation for the delay.
Era of NSW PS wage caps over, union & minister declare; Brazil changes work start times during women's world cup soccer; and Webinar next month on workplace gender equality law changes.
A FWC full bench has clarified that divisions seeking to demerge from unions under legislation introduced in 2020 cannot rely on allegations of past mismanagement, because consideration of such cases is limited to "forward looking" assessments of their capacity to represent members.
The chief of staff to Rudd-Gillard Government treasurer Wayne Swan is set to be the next chair of the Productivity Commission, as the institution prepares to "renew" its mission, after criticism of its approach to issues including IR.
A leading labour law academic says that while the Albanese Government is emphasising that its next tranche of IR reforms will not require employers to backpay casuals who convert to permanency, the protections for those that have misclassified their workers are less clear.
Chevron's directly-employed workforce on its Wheatstone offshore LNG platforms has overwhelmingly rejected a non-union deal in a ballot that closed last week, according to the Offshore Alliance.
A FWO bid to piggyback a compliance notice breach case with underpayment orders has been upended by a court, which observed that merging the two pathways would "undermine" the Fair Work Act's integrity.
The National Construction Industry Forum will have a gender-balanced membership, made up of equal numbers of industry and union representatives, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke announced today, but it won't include peak group the MBA.
